consentio

Latin

Etymology

From con- (“together”) and sentiō (“sense; perceive; feel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈsen.ti.oː/, [kõːˈs̠ɛn̪t̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈsen.t͡si.o/, [konˈsɛnt̪͡s̪io]

Verb

cōnsentiō (present infinitive cōnsentīre, perfect active cōnsēnsī, supine cōnsēnsum); fourth conjugation

1. to agree, accord, harmonize

   Synonyms: concordō, condīcō, conveniō, assentiō, concurrō, congruō, cōnstō, pangō

   Antonyms: dissideo, dissentio, vario, recuso, discordō, abhorreō

2. to unite upon
3. to plot or conspire
4. to assent to, to consent to do something specific
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Tobiae.3.18:

     virum autem cum timore tuo non libidine mea consensi suscipere

     But a husband I consented to take, with thy fear, not with my lust.

   • Caelius Aurelianus and Mustio, Gynaecia 2.64:

     nec in venerem ruat ita ut mente etiam conpati videatur, set usum sui prebens animo non consentiente misceatur.

     She should not rush into sexual activity in such a way that she still appears to be mentally suffering, and though offering herself, copulates disagreeably

Conjugation

Conjugation of cōnsentiō (fourth conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnsentiō	cōnsentīs	cōnsentit	cōnsentīmus	cōnsentītis	cōnsentiunt
	imperfect	cōnsentiēbam	cōnsentiēbās	cōnsentiēbat	cōnsentiēbāmus	cōnsentiēbātis	cōnsentiēbant
	future	cōnsentiam	cōnsentiēs	cōnsentiet	cōnsentiēmus	cōnsentiētis	cōnsentient
	perfect	cōnsēnsī	cōnsēnsistī	cōnsēnsit	cōnsēnsimus	cōnsēnsistis	cōnsēnsērunt, cōnsēnsēre
	pluperfect	cōnsēnseram	cōnsēnserās	cōnsēnserat	cōnsēnserāmus	cōnsēnserātis	cōnsēnserant
	future perfect	cōnsēnserō	cōnsēnseris	cōnsēnserit	cōnsēnserimus	cōnsēnseritis	cōnsēnserint
passive	present	cōnsentior	cōnsentīris, cōnsentīre	cōnsentītur	cōnsentīmur	cōnsentīminī	cōnsentiuntur
	imperfect	cōnsentiēbar	cōnsentiēbāris, cōnsentiēbāre	cōnsentiēbātur	cōnsentiēbāmur	cōnsentiēbāminī	cōnsentiēbantur
	future	cōnsentiar	cōnsentiēris, cōnsentiēre	cōnsentiētur	cōnsentiēmur	cōnsentiēminī	cōnsentientur
	perfect	cōnsēnsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnsēnsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnsēnsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnsentiam	cōnsentiās	cōnsentiat	cōnsentiāmus	cōnsentiātis	cōnsentiant
	imperfect	cōnsentīrem	cōnsentīrēs	cōnsentīret	cōnsentīrēmus	cōnsentīrētis	cōnsentīrent
	perfect	cōnsēnserim	cōnsēnserīs	cōnsēnserit	cōnsēnserīmus	cōnsēnserītis	cōnsēnserint
	pluperfect	cōnsēnsissem	cōnsēnsissēs	cōnsēnsisset	cōnsēnsissēmus	cōnsēnsissētis	cōnsēnsissent
passive	present	cōnsentiar	cōnsentiāris, cōnsentiāre	cōnsentiātur	cōnsentiāmur	cōnsentiāminī	cōnsentiantur
	imperfect	cōnsentīrer	cōnsentīrēris, cōnsentīrēre	cōnsentīrētur	cōnsentīrēmur	cōnsentīrēminī	cōnsentīrentur
	perfect	cōnsēnsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnsēnsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cōnsentī	—	—	cōnsentīte	—
	future	—	cōnsentītō	cōnsentītō	—	cōnsentītōte	cōnsentiuntō
passive	present	—	cōnsentīre	—	—	cōnsentīminī	—
	future	—	cōnsentītor	cōnsentītor	—	—	cōnsentiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōnsentīre	cōnsēnsisse	cōnsēnsūrum esse	cōnsentīrī	cōnsēnsum esse	cōnsēnsum īrī
participles		cōnsentiēns	—	cōnsēnsūrus	—	cōnsēnsus	cōnsentiendus, cōnsentiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cōnsentiendī	cōnsentiendō	cōnsentiendum	cōnsentiendō	cōnsēnsum	cōnsēnsū

Derived terms

• cōnsēnsiō
• cōnsēnsus
• cōnsentāneus

Descendants

• Catalan: consentir
• English: consent
• French: consentir
• Galician: consentir
• Italian: consentire
• Portuguese: consentir
• Romanian: consimți
• Sicilian: cunzèntiri
• Spanish: consentir

References

• “consentio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “consentio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• consentio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to agree with a person: consentire, idem sentire cum aliquo
    
  • all agree on this point: omnes (uno ore) in hac re consentiunt